"MAN AND HIS WORKS.'
ETHNOLOGICAL WONDERS
THE WORLD'S rAlR.
AT
Strange Race of Primitive Men, Living
and Deed, on Exhibition. Heblteof
Life of Cliff Dweller, Axtect,
Esquimaux end Other Que-r
Inhabitants of the World.
All thnee who wish to study "Man end Hie
Works," e the motto oyer the building hM
M, will And In thn Department ol F.thnnlogy,
at the World' Fair, wonderful facilities.
It he exhibit of live men end dead men of
the moet atrnnga varieties of color end oil
torn, end It preacnts remarkable collection
e bowing the work of men from a far back
een; trace of him ran be found down to thn
grrmant day.
n.in nwr.t.t.rte anmmtit.
rrofowior F. W. Putnam, of Harvard llnU
Werstty, hna charge of the ethnological ex
hllitt. It take In ethnology, archaeology!
and anthropology, hlKtory and natural hl
tory. This, say thn Now York Herald, le a
Tory wide Hold, but thn different hranohce am!
Well represented and the department moot bet
w continual source of delight to Htudeut of
primeval man and the untamed Itarlmrian.
In a plot of land one thousand foot Innifl
end from one hundred foot to two hundred!
foot wide Profi-asor Putnam ha pitched Ida
mmp. It ndjolna the lake front and looke
upon the Ingram In which float the Now!
Bedford whaling ehlp. Thn iiualnt conventl
of La Italilila, modolol after thn original tin
Palo, Spain, In which Columbus mated bin
Weary foot aud soul before aud after coining
wion TowFa-HPimt of
to America, le part of the ethnological dla-
Slay. but It I aaeigned to the Latin-American
Ivielon. It red roof and white wall look
down upon the work of the American sav
re. Modele of the ancient ruins found In Vuna
tan stand lu the open air outaide the an
thropological building. There are six of
thnee models. They were made under the
upervlslon of Edward H. Thompson, United
Htatee Consul In thnt country, who bail
papier mache caats taken of the originate,
wblnh are reproduced In "staff," a sort of
plaster with which almost all the fair build
ings are faced. By a little Ingenuity "staff"
can be readily converted Into the moat sub
stantial looking marble or granite. These
Xosatan ruins, which have Mood the weather
to Bouth America for no one knows how
many years, will amaae people who are not
aware that a high civilization preceded Co
lumbus on this side of the world. In style
they resemble the architecture used at this
ery date In the construction of trust com
pany building and banks In the more mod
em city of Philadelphia. There Is a portal
from the ruined group of Labra, a straight
arch from Uxmal and the "Facade of the
Serpent," from the same city. Three por
tions of the ruin, which the early Spaniards
nailed the "House of the Nuns, are repro
duoed. Mr. Thompson, after erecting the
Walls, returned to Yucatan for a collection ol
plants to place around them.
Near this group is a fao-aimlleof the homes
of the cliff dwellers of Utah, Colorado and
New Mexico, occupied long before those
lands resounded with the monotonous repeti
tion of the marriage oeremony and argument
for free silver. The cliff dwellers' homes are
operated as a "concession," the builder put
ting them up at his own expense and reim
bursing himself by selling tlokeu of admis
sion. This I the only money making section
of the ethnological exhibit, except the Esqui
maux, who can only be seen after the pro
duction of twenty-five eenta
Of course there aren't any life ollff dwell
en, as not even Chicago can resurrect them,
but there are plenty of savages. The wild
man of Borneo has now come to town, but
the wild man of America has exclusive of
purely lay visitors to the Fair, some of whom
appear less cultured than the Indian, whose
faoe, daubed over with oolors and looking like
pen wiper, sees that none of the work that
is to be done escapes the notice of his wife.
The savages (those on exhibition be it un
derstood) are placed in habitations such as
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TVOATAB XTJIHS.
they oeempy when in a state of nature. Per
haps the most elaborate of the ethnological
sootributions oome from New York, whose
Commissioners contributed delegates from
se six tribes of the Iroquois, and they will
trre on the grounds for a period of six months,
BrMraly free from all ears.
ew York baa a strip of land fronting U
sMutaW border of tM lacooa and attend-
assise;
i
Inn lftO foot back, The Mate ha erected a
council houee of hark fl font by AO uch aa
Were need for political caucuses by the
Iroquois whnn the white arrived upon the
icnnn to take charge. In thl alrueture the
Iroquois will parry on their strange and Im-
rireealve cnremonle, hoatlnit the tomtom and
limping aliout In their untamed way, free of
all charge to thn epnetator.
In a bark houee 10 loot by IB live a group
of New York tlliolda who have boon ub
looted to an expensive proee nt lining
"d There are round bark hnuaea If) feet
in diameter Inhnhlted hy Mohawk, Omtn
lagna, Cayuga and Tuseamra who are all
of the Irnquol race, on thn border of the
lagoon I a hunter' lodge and on It bank all
oris of nanne and a Mg war canon. The
exhibit altogether le most ploureiUe and
reflect great rreult upon the F.inpir State.
l amped near them nrn a iiroup of live
Chippewa and Sioux owned bv Hie Stale ol
Minnesota nod loaned for the r'nir. A lot of
fsavajoe have hiu sen! on by I'oloradn and
they an living In their native way. British
lluiaiia eonl a lot of Arrawak, and thn Do
minion of Canada wa good enough tnaparn
a ipianttty of their alHiriglne. Thnre are
Flathead. Illaokfeet. 1'end d'Orelllo. Nea
Perce and Kootenai. One of the feature
of the redskin display le thn Columbian In
dian llnnd of aisly piece.
F.ngineer Hotiort K. I'eary, of the United
Wtnto Navy, ha a collection of F.squlmnu
til In tr" that Illustrate, life In thn Arctic re
gion. During hi eojourn In the Whale
Hound region of North ilrocnlatid, although
he failed at reaching a high latitude, he wa
able to got together vklii tent, kayak ol
rauoo. and the weapon of the "Arctic high
lander.'' a the moet Northern trllte of poo.
pie In the world arn called. An Imitation
snow house hn Inten prepared and an bn
tierg not made out of a very cooling ul
stanoe. 1'hn chane of the white lsar le shown
and the method by which the F.nqulinau cafche
the walru anil alt on the Ion and harHHin
Hie eenl. Trophic of the chase In the wiiv
of narwhal teotn and reindeer kln arn on
view which nre particularly liitoroetlng Just
now because of the lever tor northern adven
ture which prevail at prsant. A family of
Esquimaux I borrowed every day from the
colony on view Iti another part of the park,
and tltoy nil and go through the Indignity of
being looked at for nothing in order to up
ply drama!! perona to this Ingeniously eon
IrlviHl scenery.
To thoao who think thai a dead Indian lea
much more artistic product of civilisation
than a tamo one there will tie plenlv of aatln
factlon in till department. The Anthropo
logical Itullillng, thn last of all thn fnlrstruit
turo that It wa decided lo build, la 415 fei-t
long and !i5 tint wide, with a gallery forty
elghl fot wide on every aide. Of thl spni-n
much la given opto reminisce ice of Indian
tritu1 Hint can never lie revived, but the ex
hibit naturally tnkc in the whole world,
'thorn arn 30,IHM annum foot devoted to
w AurtenT Ukrr. t rr.
hygiene, sanitation and charities and correc
tion. There are many small collection of
an archaeological nature and of anclnnt art
from ARsyria, Egypt and Home The Oreek
liovernment loaned valuable exhibits of this
character, and ome of great internet were
found In the Chicago Art Museum. There
lire French relic and a complete Dpanlnh col
lection taken from the Madrid Exposition, aa
well as groups of object from the niueum
ff Vienna aud Merlin and from the llusslan
inhibition.
Asia, Airi.xt and New South Wains have
their contributions, and tne 1'acltlo and
t)uoen Charlotte Ialands all have tbnir story
to toll of the happy days before man began to
wear allegiance to a Janitor and live In a
Itat. Thnre is a complete model of the vil
lage of Bkldegat, in Itrltlsh Columbia, show
fug the houses, totem poles and Inhabitants.
In the still life department are also re
mains of all sort of Indian. Canadian and
United Htatns. There are the Htate collec
tions of Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and Utah,
the results of the Hnmenway Hnuthwest ex
pedition. Mexico and the Houth American
republics sent singular sculpture laid
it range tablet of hieroglyphics. Thn ex
plorations of Professor Putnam's envoys la
Ecuador, Chile, Peru and Bolivia gave valu
able results, showing the arts and customs of
indent people. Htmllar collections come
!rom British (lutana. Paraguay, Brazil and
itn Argentine Republic,
There are special exhibits of folk lore and
:he games and religions of all countries. In
:he latter Is the collection of Idol of William
I. Gunning, which contains lour hundred
TBTt rD!AH IMOAxTI'MIKT.
rare specimens, from the Gaboon Itfver
jomee Po-Po, the "Goddess of Valdenhood."
And Ipa. the "God of Deliveranoe," supposed
10 be three thousand years old, Ipa was
found by Livingstone. Alaskan Indians ol
the Thllnkeet tribe have queer gods and
Miches. From British Columbia are shown
food spirits and hob-goblins and from
Dakota the medicine bag of the Hloux, which
to Indian will consent to part with. Muxloo
represented In the Gunning collection by
t number of little gods, among them Centoti,
ihe."areat Producer." and Vo-taa. the "God
t Culture, from Thebes la a sacred (aokaX
If an Uved in the glacial period, at the eoi
iections show. There are relice of that
hilly time at well at tpeolmena from the
bell heaps of Maine and Florida.
The Peruvian finds Include the beat assort
Bout of mummies ever unearthsd ooti
mm
ffinTIrlent. The peculiar mitnos nt jnt;a1
tre shown. In some or tne grave were round '
Work baskets, bead, flag and, moat lmiort
int of all, hag of peanuts, showing what the
Peruvian did with people addMed to the
peanut habit.
From Ouatnmala arn life aiite models of
ant I res In correct costume with original or
nament and trinket.
The anthropological lalioratorles show an
Immense quantity of Instrument and appa
ratus. This end nt thn department I so In
Jlvliled Into anthropology, neurology ami
psychology. Anthropological test will l"
tpplind to thn visitor on the payment of n
mail fee. They will be measured, weighed
and all the atatlatio obtainable about them
lvea noted on a card. They will also. If
Ihey am women, lie able to see wherein thoy
differ from the amine of the Venus do Mllo
tnd remedy thn defect.
Whenever Professor Putnam's associates
(t hold of an almrlglnal person they mea
ore him. A eerie of results obtained by
measuring skull and skeletons have been
.olluted and placed on chart. Fifty thou
tnnd school children have been examined
tnd descrllMMt. fteventy-flve men worked
two years measuring nearly twenty thousand
Indiana. Thoy thus found one use to which
tn luillnn could lie put.
In thn archn-ologlonl division, to which
reference has ttoon made, am arranged geo
graphically thn shell heaiw, ancient villages
moiinda, earthwork and Jiuebloa, making a
rery plctiifaqun aight. In the great earth
work of Ohio thorn arn combined square.
0itagoiia and circle, which arn shown by
maps. The great mound at Cahokla, III., I
nearly 1UU feet high, and the Serpent mound,
ol Ohio, la Hon li-rt mug. i'niwo. aa well a
Fort Ancient, the largest ancient forllllcatlon
In thn country, and thn Tiirnnr and Hopewell
grouiia are roprocntcd pictorially. One aule
division ol the section contains such stioolat
exhibits as atowe Implements, pottery, orna
ments and pipes.
Kverv material exoniiillfytng primitive
mod of life, custom alio arts of tnn native
people of the world I III llin ethnological
section, and It Illustrate the peculliiritle ol
the different races. As a contrast to the wild
Indians In their primitive stain thn Unltisl
Htntm Government makes a special exhibit
of Its Indian school system.
Thn trib' of liiiltuiis liavn propnrnd col
lections of articles relating to themselvi-a
which am entered for competition. Those
are not exclusively of nil entomological olmr
aier. but will deal with their mod of Hie.
thought and Industry.
In thn department of natural history New
fork Htate again takes the lead. The Ward'
Natural Hdcncn Museum, of Hochoator, lia
an exhibit which Profeasor Putnam aay I
perfect. It allow every form of animal life
"from sponges to man." Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Colorado send the birds and mam
mals found In those Htate.
In the Hun of documentary exhibit are
found charts and maps of tlio world anterior
lo the voyage of Columbus and at different
Itnrloda nlncn. Thorn arn physical anlhropo.
ogioal etatlstic and criminal ataflstli1. All
thn books In the library niter the Fair will go
to the Memorial Museum of Hcleuce of Chi
cago. A creditable reproduction of Fort Dearborn
is shown. This, as almost every one knows,
wa the nucleus around which thn oily of
Chicago wa built. Homewhat In I lie same
stylo of architecture I an old log cabin ol
thn country type of a hundred years ago,
containing some forefathers In fac-slmllo,
dressed in the costume of thecoloulal period.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
flovxaxoa Flower, of Nw York, has been
spending a week at thn Fa r.
With the opening of the German section
In Machinery Hall thn display made by the
German Empire ha lienu declared on exhi
bition In every department of the Fair. The
exhibit consist of mining, wood-working
and printing machinery and the apparatus
Used In the mnuufneture of paper and pnper
preening.
The home for tne little folks nt thn Fair
has been opened with simple exercise. The
programme was carried out principally by
children. A number of choruses worn suug
Under the direction of Professor Hurtling.
A company of children, under the leadership
of Miss Huntington, gave an Interesting drill
In the gymnasium on the first floor, nftni
Which luncheon was served. Thn children's
building is a typical kindergarten, anil every
contrivance Imaginable to internet and in-
rtruct young folks has been secured. The
argnr children will have the benefit of a
gymnasium on the first floor, and adjacent
rooms have been fitted with cradles and cribs
Which it is expected will bn used extensively.
Visitors at thn Fair who have children can
leave them here. No child under two years
of ago will be admitted. The Japnnesn Com
missioners hnvn glvnn a large number of dolls,
and Juvenile literature has been furnished by
the German Commissioners, Illinois giving
the book-cases. The building was erected at
a cost of ttS.OOO. The playground is on the
roof, which Is furnished with swing and
hammocks. A trained corps of nurses will
be in constant attendance ou the children.
The formal opening of the Electricity
Building has at last taken place. The feature
of the display was the unveiling and lighting
of the big Edison tower erected by the Gen
eral Electric Company. This shaft is sit
uated in the exact centre of the building, aud
represents tho highest achievement of the In
joandesoent lamp. It extends into the groined
urob formed by the intersection of the nave
I tnd the transept, reaching a height of about
100 feet. The methods used in construction
(have resulted in showing a perfect column,
I ts though the entire shaft were hewn from
ine massive block of stone. It springs from
(the roof of a pavilion surrounding the base,
ktnd the entire interior is strewn with thou
sands of incandescent lamps, at many hued
las the western sunset. The colors are ar
ranged by mechanical methods, capable of
Ibeing flashed In harmony with the strains of
Imusio. The column Is crowned with a well
proportioned replica of an Edison incan
(descent lamp formed from a multitude ol
(pieces of prismatic crystals. Upward of 80,
not) of these beautiful Jewels are strung on a
(frame, and are all lighted from the Interior
Viy a large number of incandescent lamps.
The effect produced Is marvelous, and can be
Appreciated only when seen.
Twenty Six Men Burned to Dtatb.
Near Eagle: Fsst. Tsx., twtnty-tiz men
inploysd la the FuenU coal mluti wtrt
burned to death by an explosion.
Base Ball Beoord.'
The fallowing table shows the standing of
the difltrcnt base ball clubs np to date :
w. i r"et. w. f.. rct
Pittsburg. 21 9 .700, New York 15 17 .469
Boston.... zt) 13 .62ft Wash'n... 14 10 .407
Brooklyn. 17 13 .M7 Kt. Louis.. 13 16 .448
Puiladel'a 17 13 .67 Clncln'U.. 14 18 ,430
Clevel'nd. 13 11 .642Cbioago... 13 17 .411
Baltimore 16 U .61g,Loui'l. 8 18 .143
K4tllrlX PA MILT.
LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS
BOTH FROM BOMB AND ABROAD,
What Is Oolng On the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Chronicled.
Financial and Commercial.
At Hlnux Kails, 8, IV, the llnnk of !rer
ford, a pflvate Institution, with capital of
2.in fnllnl.
Well fiarrelson, private hankers at
Fnlrflelil, Iowa, liave suspended payment to
await the result of rollrrllons. Their tola!
liabilities are estimated at (MI.OUO and llii'lr
tssrl nt over f mo.oihk
At.xxtftfire. liriTtxit, one of (lie Me; dry
goods men of New York, make tils wife's
(own. It It salil that he could give Worth
pointer on dressmaking If It were worth
hit while.
Comptroller I'rkets was Informed of Hit
failure of Hie liitlf National Hank, of Tam
pa, Kin. The capital of Hie bank wa I ,
OHO, and the Individual deposit 12.t,.Hn.
The tola! Ilahllltlet of Hit failed Vales
Hank of Him heater, N. Y are t 1 18, WIS !.
with only fr.io,iii) of tinlivpolhecaled arsels
lo meet unsecured and contingent liabili
ties of .,,fw,r.:i m.
The creditor of Mt-Hecrelary Foster met
III Kostorla. ., and agreed to accept Ml pet
rent. In pnytucnt of their clnl nis, Die pay
ment of the balance lo test with Mr. Fouler'
future ability and Judgment. Mr. Foster
snyi he soon will bo able to pay 50 per
rent.
- .
f neltnl. f.ahnr nail Initnstrlat,
Four hundred union coal miners have
ttntrk nt Leavenworth, Km , because non
union men nre employed.
The demands of the men employed at the
gas pro litrers In the Carnegie mills at Heav
er Kails, Pa., for a lull Hay s pay for seven
hours' work on Hun. lay lm been acceded
to.
The street ear men In Kl. Wayne struck
'or l.'i cents per hour.
l.lgvett di Myers. St. Louis tobacco inniiu
failurei, have scllled their difference with
the Knlflits of l.uhor, it ml the latler'a boy
cott nf fi u r years Hnmllng on tlirir (roods
will he lifted.
The furnaces of Hie Hock Hill Coal ntid
Iron company, nt Hock Hill, lliiiitiiixilon
county. Pa, nre rinsed down Indefinitely
owing ton strike nf Die employees, who de
manded the reinstatement nf several dis
charged lenders of the local labor union.
'1 lie basis of wiice for miners In Hit
I'oltsvllle, Pa , coal Holds for June is I r
rent below the Inst scale. The minors are
iliKsallslled at this because the price of coal
was raisej Wedncday.
Illanslera, Areliteats and I'elalllles
A head end collision between two trains
on a suburban railroad at Ausiln, Teius,
recalled In the death of two iersont and
serious Injury to several ol hers. The dead
are Charles Link, llremaii, and Francisco
Hallo. Ous Piper, the engineer, was terri
bly cut about the face and body, The
collision was tht result of non obedience of
orders.
Four persons perished In a farm bouse
Are near Hunk irk, N. V.
Kalph Itrake of Columbus, O., killed
Mr. Ida Wenl and himself.
Four men were killed by a fall of dirt in
Hit lvanhoe tunnel, near Dvnver.Col.
A cyclone swept over Tenuect and Ar
kansas Wednesday night. Train service in
many places had to be abandoned. The
tleiunge is t-stlmated at several hundred
Hiourand dollars.
tires
At Scranlon, Pa., the Lackawanna Reel
Company's bloom-mill, engine-too in and
holler-home In the north mill, l.osi 8125,
(Kl. Twelve hundred men are llirown out
of work,
Fire destroyed the entire busint-st portion
of the town of Newton, Miss., eicept four
houses. Los estimated at t.V,0JU; insurance
light.
At Mnrfreesboro, N. C, the Wesleyan fe
male college, library and students' prorty.
Loss not estimate! Insurance 110,000.
-At Columbus, O., tht Cast Manufacturing
Company and tht J. II. Neil Manufacturing
Company. Loss 110,000; partially insured.
1'rr.enal.
Mrs. Marie Nevins II sine and Dr. V. T.
Bull wert married In New York City. The
ceremony la the connummatlon of a court
blp begun when Mrs.lllaine was so serious
ly ill.
President Cleveland, after bit arrival at
Cape Charles, Vs., donned his sporting
clothes, partook of a hearty breakfast, and
repaired to the fishing grounds In company
wiln L, ('larks Davis and a guide. Tht day
wns spent in IMiIng, and tht catch showed
s total of 150, of wbkb over 50 .were large
blut fish.
Ratlread News.
The Exposition Flyer, tht handsomtly
appointed new World's Fair passenger train
on the Central Railroad, arrived at Chicago
three minutes ahead of the fait time sched
uled. This made tht time for tbt tntlrt 080
miles front New York to Chicago 19 hours
und 57 minutes, which includes stops.
There wert 11 stops of nearly ft minutes
tsch and three stops for signals. Tbt last
ttretcb from Elkhart, Ind., to Chicago, over
101 miles, was made at mors than a milt a
minute.
Washlaslea News,
Tht President appointed Colonel M.Stern
berg to be surgeon general of tht army to
succeed General Sutherland, retired, on ac
count of age.
The Star says: Tht president has Indicattd
that be will probably call congress togetbti
about tht first of October, instead of tht
middle of September, ss at first contemplat
ed. Has and Penalties.
At Fall River. Mass., Miss liertha Man
chester aged 23 years, was murdered In tht
kttcbtn of btr father's bouse by robbers,
Htr body was horribly butchtred.
At Pbtladelptia Pavid E. Coldron com
mitted tuicidt afltr shooting bit wife. lira.
Coldron will probably die.
Cbelera Advlrea.
Tbt death from Asiatic, cholera last wttk
causes no anxiety In Hamburg, as no other
rases bavt occurred,
Mteeellaeeeea,
Rlx Chinese laborers wert arrested In
fhllsdflphla for falling tn register under
the law of 1882 (not the deary art) which
compel registration and Hit holding of cer
tlticatr. ti
A i.oao of gunpowder wss exploded
Piintlay afternoon on a street of Klrm, (Hit
nlsli Prussia, by a spark from a plf. Two
men on lh cart were killed and 30 bouses
damaged.
B. BRIOOS FOUND OUILTY.
fht Assembly Sustains the Heresy
Chsrxs Against Him.
The Presbyterian tlenertl Assembly In
smsIoii at Wishlng'nii, I). C, sustained tht
ippctl of Hie Proarc.it log Committee from
he verdict of the New York Presbytery,
ehich sc(iiltte. ir. Brigs of the charge of
leresy. 'I his I equivalent lo a verdict ol
leresy against Prof. Ilrlgga. Of the total of
ilKI voles cast, IfliM were to sustain Hit np
seal, 85 to sustain it In part, making a total
f 88.1 to sustain, aud 1 III not to stint in.
A committee will now be appointed lo
nrrpare a minute for tit bm'ssloii to the
'.leneral Assembly prescribing the punish
iient tn be meted out. There art flvt thing
the Oenera! Ansmbly can dor Admonish,
rebuke, suspend, depose from the ministry
rexMdl'rof. Ilrlfgs from the church. Out
f the last three courses Is likely to lie fol
lowed. tnr nnot'ttps or a i-t-r s i..
There were live grounds of apeal and 84
Ipecllleatloiis. F.aeli of these spec! Heat ions
an voted upon slug y. At the end of the
roting mi these the roll was to be called
upon Ihegeneral (uetion:"Hliall the appeal
be sustained" and It was.
The whole day was stietit In throe-minute
perches on ir. Ilrigg's case. Nearly all
the lending commis-loners took pari in the
debate. 'I he lirst voice rnised In lavor of
lr. Ilrleg was that or the Ifev. Charles
Puller, of the Proabytery of lluiifilson, Col.
With viiforous Isngiiiice he asrertrd that In
hi opinion lr. Ilriggx's Innguage was mis
understood. Then be added that the word of Jesus
were lso misunderstood, and that the
Christian church to day I divided on the
Interpretation ol the word of Christ. "This
is mv boilyj" . It wa irt as reasonable, be
added, to complain flint hrlt did tint speak
more clearly, as to bring such a charge
against Mr. Ilrlgga.
The venerable I r. ft mil h, of Baltimore,
expressed the belief Hint Hie appeal should
be sustained, while the com mi-sioiiers from
this city, the Iter, .losepli T. Kelly and
John Bainlolpli, ranged themselves on Hit
tame side.
As the call of Hie roll hy f-'ynods went on,
mini-dors mid elders arose and gave their
opinion of ir. Brims, and the character
and itilliience ol Ins teaching.
Four members of the Synod of Illinois
spoke iigalnst sustaining the apieal. I'r.
llcrrick Johnson's speech was forcible and
clear, The llev. 'I homes C. Hull took oc
casion to explain Hint hi father' name had
been maintained among those who favored
Hie prosecution, while lie bad expressed no
oppo-itlon to the proceeding in writing.
A c hange of view wa announced bv the
Bev. John W. I'ligh, I). I)., of Hie llloom
Ington, III., I'reibytery. He snid he had
voted against entertaining the appeal, but
after hearing Dr. Briggs' defence he had
concluded Hint it was merely special plead
ing and avoided the issue. A rather blunt
alternative wns presented by the Her. John
H. Hays. II. l the blind preacher of Ken
tucky, which was that Hr.Hrigos' doctrines
would have to be made a part of Hit stand
ard of the church, or else Dr. Briggs
would have to leave the church.
At noon I'r. Brig asked to be relieved
as a party from further attendance at Hie
session. He looked tired and sad. The
ropiest was grunted amid considerable ex
citement. The debate closed at 10 p. m., when His
vote was taken. After it aiinouiiceine'it
I committee wa appointed lo bring in
explanatory minutes, and the session ad
journed. TIIK LAST Af 1.
At the Thursday afternoon session Dr.
Craig convened the assembly as a court lo
hear the report ol the committee appointed
lo prepare the explanatory minute in Hi
Briggs rase.
Bev. Mr. Hnyt, chairman of the commit
tee, before n eking the rerfirt, called upon
Dr. linker, chairman of aiib-coTimlttee
sent to interview Prof. Brigirs In a spirit of
conciliation, to report the result of that In
terview. Dr. Ilsker said the committee had
hoped that Prof. Briggs would say some
thing which might relieve the tension of tht
resent distressing situation. But this hope
had not been realized. Prof. Briggs stated
hit Irrevocable determination to abide by
the declaration made in his address before
the assembly In his defense nud tn continue
to teach the doctrines there avowed,
unions' fohuai. nr.i isioN.
At Hit request of Dr. Ilsker Prof. Briggs
gave him the following autograph letter:
''The Bev. George I), Ilsker, chairman of
the tub-committee or the committee of
the assembly appointed to formulate a
judgment in the case of Hie Presbyterian
church. United Hiatus of A merles, against
1'rof. C. A. Briggs:
"Mv Dr..t His In accordance with your
request I hereby state th t your committee
called upon me and asked me it I bad any
thing to say to them respecting the disposi
tion of the case. I therefore ssid that I
adhered to all the positions taken before the
(ietieral assembly and had nothing further
lo say, save that the apiellee reserve all
rights and that th ieneral assembly should
lake the exclusive responsibility of any fur
ther action, C. A. Haious."
Whereupon, Dr. Baker said, the commit
tee took Hie action which Mr. Jloyt would
now report to the assembly.
THK STI!KCX.
The report after reciting the proceedings
In the case proceeds:
This judicatory finds that ssid final judg
ment of the presbytery of New York is
erroneous and should be and is hereby re
versed; aud this (ieneral aasembly. Bitting
aa a judicatory in said cause, coving now to
enter judgment on said amended charges,
finds the appellee, Charles A. Brigg, has
uttered, taught and propagated views, doc
trines and teachings as set forth in said
charges contrary to the easential doctrine of
Holv Hcriptur end tht ttandsrds of said
Presbvierian church in the United States of
America, and in violation of tbt ordinanct
vow of ssid apqellee. which said erroneous
views tnd doctrines strike at the vitals of
religion and hsve been industriously spread;
wherefore, this Uensral asseirbly of tht
Presbyterisn church in the United States
of America, sitting at a judicatory in this
cause on appeal, do and hereby tntnend
Charles A. Briggs, the said appellee, from
the orbce of a minister in the Presbyterian
church in tht United States of America on
til such timt as he shall give satisfactory
evidence of repentance to the General
assembly of the Presbyterian church In the
United States of America of tht violation
by him of the said ordination vow as btrein
shd heretofore fouud."
THE SKSTKXCI ADAPTED.
The report of the committee was adopted
whereupon Dr. Sprague gavt notice that at
the proper time a protest would be offered
against tht finding of tht assembly, at be
ing too severe a sentence for the offense of
th honored scholar named, and as tending
to restrict the liberty heretofore enjoyed by
office-bearers in the Presbyterian church.
An explanatory not wss adopted and
made a part of tht record nf tbt cast. It
taktt strong ground against tbt views ex
pressed by Dr. Briggs and for wblcb be bat
been suspended.
Tbt protest against tbt action of tbt as
sembly In tht I he case nf Prof. Briggs re
ceived the slguatitrs of at commissioners.
Saratoga was chosen at tht place of tbt
meeting of the assembly of IKH.
After the usual closing roulliit dullness tht
Assembly adjourned.
ritOK, BltFflll.S' PUTl'RE.
ram Tnxot.-miic.M, srvtsAsr Ann ng wii.b
MoT f AST lOttrAMV.
A dispatch from New York ssrs: The Rev.
Charles Briggs, II. !., returned Iron Wash
ington. When he wa seen Prof, Ilrlgrt
looked unusually well and cheerrttl, at if
he did not hare t rare In Hit world. -
"Has the decision of the (Ieneral Assem
bly In suspending you from the ministry
made any change with your relations with
Union se nluary."
"None whatever." replied the doctor.
"The lleneral asenbly never contribute! a
dollar to Union teinlnarv." said Prof.
Briggs, In conclusion. "Tht semintry is
supported almost wholly by New York
merchant and other.
It wa learned from other connects J with
Union seminary this evening that Prof.
Jtrlgg would go right on tnt at If nothing
had happened and he will be sustained in
hi action bv the hoard of directors tnd
members of the faculty of the Institution.
HOMESTEAD CASES WITHDRAWN
Tht Murder. Riot and Conspiracy
Charges Nolle Pressed. How.
It Came About,
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., say: Tht
charges against II. V. Krlck and other of
the Carnegie Steel Company and Hit I'ln
kerton detective hnve nil been nolle pross
td. tnd tills action 1 Hit beginning of the
end of the famous Hoiueatead cases, which
threatened to drag along In Hie courts for
a couple of years and cost Allegheny county
much money, Trie attorney for tho ex
strikers, with Hie consent of th leaders of
the men, made llils move.
now tr i-AVR Atiot'T.
The strikers' attorney bare been tails
fled for time that they could not sustain
the charges against Frlck and other, and
on Friday 'I limua M. Marshall railed on
District Attorney Clarence Htirleigh and
state I to him that Hie prosecution, after a
full examination, had decided to request
that no fort her proceeding he had in Hit
ense, a they were satisfied Hint no lust
cati-e for finding the Indictment existed.
Tills was a surprise to the District Attorney,
and he nsked Mr, Marshall to prepare a let
ter signed by liiiuell and colleagues to that
tlfeot.
Tills was don and the letter wss signed
by Mr. Mnrsbail. W. J. Brrnuen and John
F. Cox. Major K. A. Monlontii was out of
the city, mid William Keardon is in Isie hos
pital suffering Iroui a bad attack of iileurify
mill their aigiiiitures could not be obtained,
hut they both approve the action of the
others.
District Attorney Burleigh rrttd the letter
in open court on Saturday, and then made
a motion to nolle pros the case. J mice
White miide the order, nud that wns the end
of tli'vnattir. Following this on motion of
Hie District Attorney alvi.iill the Hornet tul
men under ball on charges nf murder, trea
son, conspiracy and riot worn relenoed on
their own recogiiixanre. While the charges
against them have nut been drnpid, they
will not bo called for trial at Hn term of
court, and when thoy nro called a plea of
nolo conteudre will likely be entered aud a
suspension of sentence follow.
District Attorney Burleigh says they must
be Judicially iletc-mined, and this mean
that the v mutt put in a plea of some kind
unless the attorneys employed by the Car
negie Steel Company follow the example of
the other and request a nolle pro. I hit is
not unlikely, for it is well known that they
have no hoe of convicting any of the men
of murder, treason or conspiracy, and time
and the action of the men, it is thought.
will remove any desire they may hnve to
convict them i
or riot.
A BUSINESS DEPRESSION.
A Cautious Feeling Pervades All
Branches of Business.
R. O. Dun A Cn.'s Weekly Review of
Trade says: More disheartening conditions
have prevailed during tht past week, and
thore who saw the beginning of permanent
recovery In tht better tone a week ago are
disappointed. The money markets have
been closer, ereclally In the Interior, tnd
manufacturing and trade are more affected
than before. Soma important failures hart
occurred. Hold ha gone out again in large
amountf, export for tht week being about
t.1,000.000. and tne Treasury gold reserve
ha been drawn down to about 8HO,000,000.
In nearly all departments of trade uncer
tainty about the future has a depressing
Influence, which is now clearly ercelved
in tht decrease of new business, and while
most manufacturing works art yet employ
ed on full orders, aa these run out the num
ber of works closed incra sa.
Speculative markets have been sinking.
Stocks are nearly $1 a share lower than a
week ago. the failure, the 111 success of the
World i Fair and the slump in wheat ef
fecting price, as well ss the outgo of gold.
Wheat has declined U. corn 2 and oats 14,
with moderate transactions, few caring to
buy wheal with the enormous stock in tight,
Lard and bogs are lower and cotton has de
clined a sixteenth, with modtralt sales,
although receipt are small.
Thn failures during the past week bavt
been: 23 in tne United States, against 175
last year, and 21 in Canada, against 32 last
rear, i-ast week the total number of
'allures was 273.
Til X Ht'StNr-S SAROMXTXIt.
Bank clearings totals for the week ending
June I, a telegraphed to JlmiUlreeU, art
as follow :
New York lftr,2IO..V!2 D lfl.O
Chicago H5.173.iKi I h HA
Boston "I.S'O.aon. I) 11.8
Philadelphia 00,4X8.354 I OH
St. Louis 1K.IH5,555 I) 2.0
Sun Francisco 13.04H.715 D 5fl
Baltimore.... - 13,'fi6,0-9 I 2.3
Pittsburg 11,0.1VH21 I) 1H.4
Cincinnati 11, 41,01 D HO
Cleveland 6.701,803 I 10.0
(I indicstss Increa-e. U decrease )
The aggregate of clearing of 8u of tht
principal cities of the country Is J.124,
S.W. a decrease of 12.0 percent. The totals
exclusive of New York Citv amount to
(400,013,700, and shows a decrease of 5.0
per cent.
A CYCLONE'S PATH.
A Tillage Wlptd Oat and Two Ftrso nt
Killed.
Tbt little) town of Endora. Ark., was des
troyed by a cyclone on Friday. Friedlander,
tbt leading merchant of tht villagt
was killed outright, bit store having blown
down on blm, and about twtnty dwsl lings
were destroyed, ont negro child being killed
and several negroes Injured. Nothing was
left standing In tbt track of tbt cyclone.
Over 5.000 People Homeless.
Hreat distress and suffering exist siuoog
the jieople of Hope, Ark.. and
vicinity. Tbt terrible cyclone of May 30
bat left ever 5, 00J people homeless and in
destitute circumstances. Ms lor Blsck bis
started a relief fund.
Tht storm extended over a territory 73 to
00 miles in length and 13 to 20 milts lo
breadth.
Ax aged preacher and bis wift wera
killed by a fast train on tht Georgia Cen
tral road a few morotntt after services bad
been conchy, d. '